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radiation |
the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. |
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inferead radiation |
electromagnetic waves with wavelenghth that are longer visable light but shorter than micro waves. |
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ultra vilent radeation |
Electromatic waves with waveleanths that are shorter than visible light but longer than x rays |
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greenhouse afect |
the pro by witch heat is trapped in the atmosphere by gasses that form a "blanket" around the earth |
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tempeture |
A mesure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a refrance point |
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thermal energy |
the total energy of motian in the particals of a substance |
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heat |
the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a diffrance in tempiter |
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conduction |
the direct transfer of thermal energy from one subtance to another that is thouching |
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convection |
the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid |
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wind |
the horazantal movment of air from an area of high presser to an area of lower presure |
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anemometer |
an inserment used to mesure wind speed |
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sea breeze |
the flow of cooler air overr an ocean |
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land breeze |
the flow of air from land an |
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globle winds |
winds that blow steadly from spific directions over long disstances |
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coriolis effect |
the change that earths rotation causes in the motion of objects that explainshow winds curve. |
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jet stream |
Bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilo meters above earths surface |
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water cycle |
the continuwal movment of water among earths surface |
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evaporation |
the prosses in witch water molicules in liquid water excape in to the air as water vapor |
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humitity |
the amount of water vapor in a given volume of air |
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relitive humidity |
the persentage of water vapor in the air compared in the maximum volume of watervapor that air can contain at a particuler tempiter |
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psychrometer |
an interment use to meser relitve humitity |
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condensation |
the prosses in withch mollocules of water vapor in the air become liqid water |
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presipitation |
any form of wate that falls from clouds |
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dew point |
the tempiture at whitch condensation begins |
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drought |
long pseirods of long presipatation |
